Hawaii in Nov!

Happy Memorial Day 2020

34 weeks pregnany with baby #8. Were headed out for a family bike and hike at the Mayors Loop. We are living May in St. George!

Easter egg hunt at home

We only couldn't find one. They were real eggs.

Manti Easter hunt

Happy Valentine's Day

I was helping Royce with his Valentine's day cards yesterday and Jesse felt left out. I wasnt paying attention but I finally realized after about an hour Jesse was making his own Valentines with Thomas the train on them. Pretty good for a 4 year old. He made like 20. Lol

Christmas Tree Time

We decided to put the Christmas tree up tonight! The kids are loving getting out all there ornaments, and decorations.
Even little Shiloh spent time helping put ornaments on the tree and organizing the nativity.
Today is my estimated due date. Jonah is getting bigger and should be here in the next three weeks or so.

More Halloween 2015

Happy Halloween 2015

This photo is unedited. It was a really pretty night

 

 Shiloh loves her kitties but they dont always love her. We found a stray cat in our yard a week or so ago and now we have 3 cats. We named it Stormy.

 Bella drew this costume and we bought fabric and made it together. You can't see the bat belt under her trick or treat bag.

Shiloh was a spider, Jesse a gorilla, Royce a dinosaur, Luke was Voldemort and Bella was a vampire queen.

37 weeks pregnant with Jonah. All my shirts are getting to small

Forth of July 2015

So I am only a couple months behind in posts! Here is some pics from forth of July. We took the kids for pony rides in the morning. In the afternoon we had a barbecue at my sister Heather's house, the kids went swimming and played games. That night we drove into Thayer to watch the fireworks.

The girls were very excited to wear patriotic outfits! Such cuties. 

Grandpa George and Shiloh 

As we were driving into the driveway that night Royce announces that there is a Raccoon in our barn, James and I dismissed it as him just being silly but sure enough there was a raccoon and... a possum. I pulled the car up about 10 feet away from them, the possum hid behind the door but the raccoon just sat there and ate the dog food and would periodically look up at. Almost to say "hey guys whats up? Well to make a long story short and even though James and and felt sad about it, we can't have a raccoon hanging around so he killed it, the possum got away.

April and May Happening 2015

Here is the original exterior of our house

we used to have black shudders which when I took off showed the house was previously yellow.

We painted the front and one side so far with one coat. We still need to finish and put on a second coat as well as paint the trim white and put a coat of white metal roof paint on. I'm not sure if it will all get done this summer.

It rains most days we get little monsoons. Here is Jesse outside playing in the rain

Bella in the rain

James working out

Bella working out with James

We went swimming at the 11 point river with the cousins all fun and games till the mosquitoes came out

Rainbow from our backyard

Shiloh learned how to walk in April (Good job girlfriend)

My sister Heather had a babyshower at the chapel. 

Bella loves cooking and has become quite the little chef. Here she is making pizza

Our A/C this little puppy has been great, James work tirelessly installing the correct electrical outlet but we have had no hot days in the Mortensen (at least not inside)

Its hard to tell but those little sticks behind the fence is our orchard. We have come to realize that you need to plant double what you think you will need about half our trees have been pulled up or eaten mostly by Bella's sneaky pony who won't stay in his yard. 

Happy girls

Luke has started scouts again we drive him about a hour each way to the West Plains ward since our branch doesn't have enough boys for their own program.

The swimming pool is up and operational. I keep trying to talk James into getting a bigger one. 

 Little Baby Tucker was born in May... A nice reminder to me that you don't stay pregnant forever. 

Shiloh LOVES her grandpa George. She likes follow him around, snuggle him and sit on his lap whenever possible

 So we did a sugar cleanse in our house. We got rid of any food (fed it to the pigs) that had sugar. It is so sneaky its in all kinds of food. 

Royce put himself down for a nap you can see the window we haven't finished installing behind the chair 

 I love it when the babies sleep like this so cute!

James is building something. Probably the A/C frame. He has gotten handy with power tools. It would be so hard to live without them now

Labor Day get together at the Fabrizios

Mario built this swing

Look close there is a giant toad in that bucket. It was seriously huge. I wouldn't touch the thing but Royce had no fear.

James took the kids swimming somewhere while I was probably taking a nap

 The last week of school Luke feel and bloodied his knees and face but the kids was super brave.